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Contents

1 Overview of Programming and Problem Solving

1.1 Overview of Programming

What Is Programming?

How Do We Write a Program?

What Is an Algorithm?

What Is a Programming Language?

1.2 How Does a Computer Run a Program?

What Kinds of Instructions Can Be Written in a Programming Language?

What Is Software Maintenance?

Software Maintenance Case Study: An Introduction to Software Maintenance

1.3 What’s Inside the Computer?

1.4 Ethics and Responsibilities in the Computing Profession

Software Piracy

Privacy of Data

Use of Computer Resources

Software Engineering

1.5 Problem-Solving Techniques

Look for Things That Are Familiar

Solve by Analogy

Means-Ends Analysis

Divide and Conquer

The Building-Block Approach

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